[You still have 57 minutes and 37 seconds remaining to ask your questions.]
The system's voice echoed clearly in the space around Alex, calm and patient as always.
But to him, it may as well have been background noise.
He didn't need a full hour to think.
In truth, he already knew what he wanted, he had known it from the moment this reward had been offered.
His thoughts didn't hesitate.
His focus didn't waver.
The first two questions had already been etched into his mind long before this moment even arrived.
They were a certainty, obvious choices, too important to ignore, too vital to delay.
So, without the slightest pause, Alex raised his hand.
"First question," he said, lifting a single finger, "I want to know where and what Lich is, give me any and all useful information about him."
The system didn't need clarification.
It understood perfectly.
And to Alex, there could be no better way to begin.
